Charles Joseph Bonaparte

Charles Joseph Bonaparte (9 June 1851-28 June 1921) was the US Secretary of the Navy from 1 July 1905 to 16 December 1906 (succeeding Paul Morton and preceding Victor H. Metcalf) and Attorney General from 17 December 1906 to 4 March 1909 (succeeding William H. Moody and preceding George W. Wickersham). He was the grandson of King Jerome Bonaparte of Westphalia and thus the grand-nephew of Napoleon I, but he was an activist for liberal and progressive causes as a Republican Party politician.

Biography
Charles Joseph Bonaparte was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 9 June 1851, the grandson of Jerome Bonaparte; however, he was not considered to be a member of the Bonaparte dynasty. He became a lawyer in Baltimore and became involved with both municipal and national reform movements, founding the Reform League of Baltimore in 1885 and advocating for the rights of African-Americans in his city. From 1902 to 1904, he served on the Board of Indian Commissioners, and he also served as chair of the National Civil Service Reform League, as a trustee of the Catholic University of America, and as a 1904 presidential elector. In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Bonaparte Secretary of the Navy, but he became Attorney General in 1906. He was largely responsible for breaking up the tobacco monopoly, and he established the Bureau of Investigation in 1908. He left office in 1909, and he died in Baltimore County in 1921 at the age of 70.